The Times - Cryptic May 22 2004 crossword clues & answers

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The Times - Cryptic May 22 2004

Clue	Answer
A beneficiary of class distinction?	TEACHERSPET
Affected attitude initially rampant in side - it's a blow	AIRSTREAM
All remedies free in this jewel of a place	EMERALDISLE
Argument linked to moor as site for airport	HEATHROW
Capture the drawbridge?	ENTRANCE
City excluding extremists from industrial action?	OSLO
Commented shortly about remote expedition	SAFARI
Concoction about to be swallowed by chess opponents initially	BREW
Conservative argued and was triumphant	CROWED
Covering hydrogen with common mixture of gases	HAIR
Cracks person's found around ship	ONELINERS
Cure soldiers - less than 50 per cent dying	REMEDY
Doctor holding right blade, one scooping out unwanted material	DREDGER
Early appointment: mine fixed just after short holiday	WORKINGBREAKFAST
Easily irritated about one initially failing to give evidence	TESTIFY
Election event in detail	RECOUNT
Empty main buccaneer at sea finds a liability	ENCUMBRANCE
Encountered chap circling ring, moving at high speed	METEORIC
Energy in recovery for sure	REALLY
Faun, unsettled over attack, but not daunted	UNAFRAID
Garment suitable for fall?	SLIPOVER
Having had an up-to-date, if cursory, education?	COMPUTERLITERATE
Head of monastery quite happy about new resident	MONK
Increasing rapidly, holding millions in a state of fear?	TREMBLING
It lands with a noise on the sail, possibly	HAILSTONE
Item for boat found beside river? Give a cheer	ROAR
Jewel given little space in outrageous display	ARRANGEMENT
Kept soldiers in, interrupting exploit	DETAINED
Large amount that may be drawn	LOTS
Lawyer for museum official concerned with tax	PROCURATORFISCAL
Learned people illuminated the period and recalled it	LITERATI
Let up after treatment, soldier gets peevish	PETULANT
Light meals for me?	FIREEATER
Likely amount I'm to invest in property	ESTIMATE
Marxist interpretation of Wagner? (1,5,2,3,5)	ANIGHTATTHEOPERA
Material clue carried by first couple of Czechs	CHINTZ
MC useful for 11?	TOASTMASTER
Meat supplied by China, getting junk distribution	SPAMMING
National representative taking nation's part in conflict	PATRONSAINT
Old item seen around inn in country	REPUBLIC
One whose encounter with witches went to his head?	TAMOSHANTER
One's chasing the sun for comfort	SOLACE
Opulent sofa needs redesign in no great measure	TEASPOONFUL
Place it in safe case	SITE
Press measures restraining angry Arab states	EMIRATES
Queen engrossed in translation of Danish playwright	SHERIDAN
Quick swim around river makes you this!	DRIP
Request for more enclosed? More not initially provided	ENCORE
Sauce put right by a bowl - what the hungry could eat first	HORSERADISH
School development agency?	FISHFARM
She has a light view of late arrivals	USHERETTE
Stage performer cancelling with hesitation after operation	OPERASINGER
Such points come up with monotonous regularity	EQUIDISTANT
Take off? Stop airmen flying before end of hurricane	IMPERSONATE
Tense race: any number dropping out in end	STRAINED
Thin boxes ending in garbage	SPARSE
Unfortunate chap becoming cold in such a state	HAPLESS
Untagged, but unaffordable?	PRICELESS
Vermin control: trap I soon repositioned	RATPOISON
Where most dictionary entries are, in the final reckoning?	AFTERALL
'Church admits more than half drink:' one's exclusive	CLIQUISH
Adjust time, ultimately by curious round clock	SETEYESON
Before second half of nativity play opening scenes using animation	ACTIVITY
Change over, touring unknown county	POWYS
Convey via throw in this direction?	PUTACROSS
Demanding back	STERN
Ford mentions links in writing	CROSSREFERENCES
Girl in short trousers	JEAN
Governor's arm cut in the middle	SHOGUN
Hollows ahead, made for lookouts?	EYESOCKETS
Hooter: getting out, stop working	CONK
Insecticide - greenfly swallowing an amount	DEGREE
Is she next to crack under son's intuition?	SIXTHSENSE
It's a mistake to bury second fish in a heap	BONESHAKER
Lead pumped out by people killing chickens	LAYERS
Nasty girl - one agitating in complaint	LARYNGITIS
New light shed now on dead men?	THEMORNINGAFTER
One in feud perhaps runs off after special constable in search	SCAVENGE
Place order, stock being empty	OMSK
Redraw as a screw in this?	BACKSLANG
Ruth's duty to express surprise thus	MERCYONUS
Temporary place gets converted at last	LOCUM
The air of becoming a square?	WHENIMSIXTYFOUR
These cry out for location in Surrey	CHERTSEY
Turn and run, say, retreating for stuff	GORGE
Typical playwright's not British	ECHT
Wife's new-size bust shrinks	WIZENS
You must be under this to see The Longest Day	ANTARCTICCIRCLE

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